Meanwhile, a new study conducted by Gustav Littenen, a clinician at Helsingborg Hospital and a researcher at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, showed that e-cigarettes containing nicotine cause blood clots, make small blood vessels less able to adapt, and cause a heart attack or stroke. The health expert, Professor of Public Health and Consultant of Family and Community Medicine, Professor Tawfiq Ahmed Khoja, confirmed that electronic cigarettes are devices that heat liquids through which smoke can be inhaled, and they often contain flavors, along with harmful chemicals, such as nicotine, and unfortunately their users believe that they have a lesser effect. of cigarettes, and this is one of the biggest misconceptions. The use of electronic cigarettes stimulates addictive behavior and is harmful to health because it contains nicotine, and it is not, as some think, a healthy native to traditional smoking. Sleep disturbances, heartburn, in addition to the risk of heart attacks, as nicotine is present in all natural products. tobacco.
Low pulse rate
Prof. Khoja pointed out that there are many damages to e-cigarettes, the most important of which is the effect on the heart. Smoking e-cigarettes affects the heart through lowering the heart rate, affecting the blood vessels, and poisoning, as vape is available in different flavors, which cause poisoning of body cells and tissue damage. Lung laceration, electronic cigarettes cause damage to the respiratory system, especially that flavors contain glycerol and propylene glycol, which cause lung laceration, affecting the brain of adolescents and young adults, and lung cancer.
Intention and will
Prof. Khoja advised smokers, whether regular or electronic cigarettes, to stop immediately to preserve their health from the risks involved, calling on them to go to the anti-smoking clinics designated by the Ministry of Health, and start using nicotine substitute products such as chewing gum and patches that help smokers to quit. Two weapons against smoking.
